We journeyed to the pumpkin patch yesterday afternoon.  Really – it was a journey.  We decided to follow our noses, but got totally lost.  Thankfully we weren’t in a hurry and found it with the help of our friend Ms. Garmin.  Luke kept Alyssa entertained while on our extra long car ride by taking her picture…she loves to say “Cheese” for the camera.

We had a lot of fun at the pumpkin patch, but because it’s late in the season the pumpkins were pretty well picked through.  We had to wade through the muddy field to find a pretty pumpkin to sit on for a picture.  We tried to explain to Alyssa to “stay on the path” but she didn’t quite get it and would walk right into a pumpkin or a tangled vine.  Luckily she only fell into 2 mushy pumpkins and 1 mud puddle while we were there…thankfully it was after the majority of the pictures.  Remind me next year to put her in plastic rain boots!

Before a fall…                                           After the fall…yucky pants.

These 2 pictures crack me up…where does she get those faces from?

We of course took some of the both of them together…oh the joys of getting 2 little ones to take one good picture! lol  Alyssa was a really good sport though.

Evan attempted to sleep the entire time, but he woke up for a few pictures.

Here’s a cute one of him and Luke.

And one of the whole family.

They had a pretty cool corn maze built and while we didn’t go through the maze, we took a picture on the outskirt of the corn field.

Thanks daddy, for taking me to the pumpkin patch! “Mwah”

Yep I’m 30 now – crazy.  I had actually forgotten I was turning 30 and was pretty excited about my birthday until my mom gave me her card with a huge 30 on the front.  Then I was like “oh yeah - uh.”  Okay so it wasn’t that bad…the flu shot I got today was worse…well not the actual shot, but now my arm is sore.  But anyway.

So Luke got back at me for vandalizing his car. See ‘Things get Crazy When Husband Turns 30.’ As you can see from the picture comparison…he did a much better job!

My birthday landed on a Sunday and so when I got to church that morning I just happened to park in the spot directly in front of the church doors.   Luke was helping out in children’s church so while I was in church he snuck out and ‘hired’ a high schooler to help him ‘get’ my car.  Not just any high schooler – the Pastor’s daughter, Alyssa.  So technically Luke and Alyssa vandalized my car for my birthday. hehe  I think that’s pretty funny.

Below is a picture of me and Alyssa…the pastor’s daughter.

My parents took us to Olive Garden for my birthday – yummy.  And they of course had the waiter’s sing to me.  Luke had taken Alyssa for a walk so they missed it, but my mom took pictures. :) 

Oh and the night before my birthday my parents surprised me with a strawberry boston cream cake…ymmm.

Yep, so that’s it – I’m the big three oh  - as Jake would say.

Oh so speaking of “flirty and thriving.”  Luke watched the kids for me so I could run to the grocery store the other day and while I was there I had to ask where something was and the box boy who helped me totally flirted with me. I guess he’ll be surprised when he sees me in there next time with my two kids!  And, even funnier - a few months ago Luke and I were driving on the freeway these guy drove past me and checked me out AND Luke was sitting in the passenger seat (which when they noticed him they totally sped away) and I’m pretty sure Alyssa was in the car with us too!  Luke was like, wow, so that’s what it’s like to get checked out. lol

Over the past few weeks we’ve had a tag-team of parents visit us.  My mom was here the first week Evan was born followed by Luke’s mom.  Peggy was here while we packed and moved and then my parents came back for a couple of weeks to visit and help us settle into our new home.  It seems like the weeks have flown by and I can’t believe it’s been 7 weeks already.  Well, this is the first week “on my own” as a mom of two. I’ve been fortunate to have lots of help these past few weeks, but now all of the visitors are gone and Luke’s back to work.  I’m trying to get back into a “normal” routine…which hopefully will close the gap in my blogging.  So to catch up, here’s a quick picture summary of the past few weeks:

Oh and the De Haan’s paid us a visit the first week Evan was born and before we moved.  By the way – plug for Cayden…he’s walking!  Yep he’s only 8months old!  Beat Alyssa by 8 months – geeze!  You go boy!

But as far as Evan goes.  He’s certainly a mommy’s boy and loves to be held.  He slept with my pink robe for a while because it was the only way to get him to sleep by himself at night.  So cute, hehe.

He’s had a couple of poopie blow outs which sucks and is totally gross, but I forgave him.  As far as the outdoor plumbing goes, it’s finally under control and rarely leaks when we take a peek under the hood.

He loves the bath and even likes taking baths with Alyssa.

The older he gets the lighter his skin color gets…the bottom picture was when he was only a week old and the top pictures are this last week.

He’s awake more and more these days which is fun to see him look around or give you a crazy stare.

He also has a really cute sad face a deep crying voice.

As for Alyssa. Well she’s coping pretty well with her new baby brother.  From the start she was very curious, but careful around him.  She loves to give him kisses, but Evan doesn’t always like to receive the kisses. :)

She is a year and a half now and with that comes all the lovely things of toddler hood.  Such as eating mommy’s Dorito’s, getting stuck in Evan’s chair, or pulling mommy’s clothes off the hangers…even though she knows she’s not supposed to do those things…especially without asking or saying “peas.” 

So when she gets in trouble she has started to give us something we call “The Look.”  It’s “the look” that I give her when she is doing something she is not supposed to be doing.  I have a hard time not laughing when she does this.

Her favorite past times include:

Playing in the rain with daddy; because if you don’t play in the rain you don’t get to play outside and she LOVES to be outside.

Drinking out of open top cups…especially if it’s not hers. “Deets peas!”(drink please)

Watching movies…especially Praise Baby or one of her sign video’s.  Which are thankfully not as annoying as some of the other video’s we have. 

Brushing her teeth…hopefully she’ll always like doing that.

Taking naps… just kidding.  Naps are not one of her favorite things right now, but she totally fell asleep on my bed this afternoon while I was at the computer.  I was emailing and thinking, right after I finish this I’m going to put Alyssa down for a nap and then I turned around and saw this.  It would be nice if all naps were that easy! 

Oh and two more things she loves:  Her grandparents and reading.  So when she gets a combination she is one happy camper!

Now that I’m a mom of two, I guess I need to go out and buy myself a pair of “Mom Jeans!” lol This video is soo funny!

                                      Luke, Sabrina, Alyssa & Evan Foust

                                                    October 5, 2008